Residents of Mobile Home Park face an uncertain future after fires

The Palisadi Fire, which lit in January and killed 12 people, swallowed several luxury homes, beach properties and celebrity estates. But it also destroyed the homes of living in more affordable communities, including two mobile home parks.

For these residents, the long way to recovery includes More uncertainties and barrierswrites Calmatters’ Felicia MeloS

The Pacific Palisades Cup Mobile Maniations and the Taitian Terrace together housed hundreds of retirees and other longtime residents. Some residents, who moved decades before, paid only $ 600 a month for batch controlled.

But all this changed on January 7, and the restrictions of state and local rules, providing homes at affordable prices in Los Angeles, become clearer. For example, according to the California Act, owners of mobile home parks that recover from a natural disaster must allow tenants to return – but they can also increase rents to cover the cost of recovery.

For Kollby Biggs, the co -owner of the Palisadi Cup of 150 units cannot be reimbursed, it may mean that it is completely overcoming the reimbursement of the grounds.

• Biggs: “If we have to continue investing $ 100 million to restore the park and we are not able to restore it in any way, then we are unlikely to restore the park. … We don’t drive away anyone. But if the park is not restored, then obviously residents will not have the right to deal with the park. “

Biggs said it could be a “different story” if it could provide state or federal funding. But this is a big question: governor Gavin Newo Flew to Washington Last week to lobby for disaster help after repeated threats of President Donald Trump to refuse help in California if the state does not Change his water or voting policiesS Trump also sails the idea of ​​”to get rid of“From the Federal Emergency Management Agency, adding another wrinkle to recovery efforts.

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Another devastating fire in southern California, Ethan’s fire is also fully contained – but its potential to cause The deadly flow of debris has high signal expertsReport CalMatters’ Julie Kart and Alastair BlandS

Thehe US National Forest Service On Tuesday, he released a damage evaluation report, which found that “the probabilities of hypercocadence streams and/or debris flows were high to very high” in the Ethan fire burning area.

Strong rainfall, expected on Thursday and Friday, can increase the chances of mud, stones and debris that rush to the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains – threatening nearly 170,000 people living in Altadan, Pasadena and other close communities.

For the fiery parts of these mountains, there is no more vegetation to stabilize the ground. The soil, now covered with ash, repels the water and can easily roll down the hills instead of soaking back into the ground. Along with other sludge, they form flows of debris that can travel as fast as 40 miles per hour.

In addition to crushing bridges, buildings and vehicles along their paths, streams can claim for life: the subsequent stream of Thomas fire debris from 2017 killed 23 people in Montesito.

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In order to maintain a solvent, the state fire plan in the latter case turns to private insurers-and their customers- rescueS

Calm Levags He explains that the plan of the California Fair offers customers a limited coverage when no private company will cover them. Heavy seasons of fire over the past few years have strengthened the numbers Customers on a fair plan to over 451,000, as more insurance companies have stopped writing or renewing policies in the country.

The fair plan predicts that it will expire money by March, so on Tuesday the State Insurance Department approved its request for a fee of $ 1 billion on private insurance companies to cover fires claims in the area of ​​LA. Most customers from home and fire insurance in California are likely to see temporary fees added to their insurance accounts.

Meanwhile, the consumer advocacy group is considering judging the new fees that customers will pay.

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State Seni. Kelly Syrto He spent 35 years fighting fires in southern California and is one of the few career firefighters who served in the legislature. But despite his expertise, the serto said that as a Republican, he excluded him from discussions on special La Fires sessions. Understand More about the Muruta legislature of Calmatters’ Sameea KamalS